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Many kids, it seemed, would find out that their parents were flawed, messed-up people later in life, and I didn't appreciate getting to know it all so strong and early.

Aimee Bender

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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
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the United States of America
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